A War on Christmas?

The real war on Christmas 
has nothing to do with 
a greeting or 
the proper decorations atop the tree. 

The real antithesis 

to the news of this child born long ago 

in an out of the way town 

is found in our

incessant desire for more;

oppression of any person or people groups;

obsession with power;

manifest destiny; 

hoarding of goods and riches;

systematized racism; 

classism;

nationalism parading as religious piety;

xenophobia;

fear;

supercessionism.

These and more hold the good news at bay

not the manner in which we greet one another 

for less than one twelfth of the year. 

May we have a Christmas filled 

with fear and awe 

of the One who became flesh 

that we might be saved 

from ourselves.